Famous Quotes: Government

The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development.
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A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
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I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government.
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I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
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Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that which they would most like to repress.
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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.
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I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.
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I'm not against ratings per se. I think more information is always good. But I certainly don't think the government has to step in and set guidelines for how shows should be rated.
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And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader.
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As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free men and women to flourish based on their own vision, their hard work and their personal responsibility.
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I've been subject to how many security clearance procedures and I must say as irritating as some people may find them I think they are absolutely essential to making sure that people who work in sensitive positions in the national security field in our government are entirely loyal to the United States.
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Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.
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For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.
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And conservatives know that if you reject these principles of limited government and urge others to reject them you can be my ally, you can be my friend but you cannot call yourself a conservative.
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We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with unprecedented prosperity. And it has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.
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I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.
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Republicans know that government spending creates jobs. They just want that spending to be funneled to their projects and districts... and they certainly don't want to say it out loud.
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America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people.
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